Sports-related Concussion and central network activity during return-to-sport

• Conditions: Healthy Controls; S06.0; Concussion

• Registration Number: DRKS00029207
• Lead Sponsor: Sportmedizinisches Institut, Universität Paderborn

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-06-03
• Study Completion: 2022-06-30
• Results First Posted: 2024-01-08
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

Men and women athletes with a recent SRC history, during their RTS. In addition, control athletes, ideally same team, same position, same age (± 5 years), similar height and weight (± 20cm and ± 10kg), with no recently diagnosed history of concussion nor head trauma.

Exclusion Criteria

- for controls only: no recent concussion or head trauma history
- cardiovascular diseases
- non-active people

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
(network) Activity of the central nervous system, estimated by phase locking value (PLV), within theta (3 - 7Hz), alpha (7 – 13Hz) and beta (14 – 25Hz) bands, for each of the following networks of interest: whole brain (68 ROIs), default mode network (14 ROIs), central autonomic network (24 ROIs) and visual network (8 ROIs). Activity of the ANS (mean HR, mean RR, LF/HF), further depicted by dermal sympathetic (mean EDA) and cardial parasympathetic activity (RMSSD).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Complementary to the physiological data, questionnaires are conducted to determined symptom expression (via. SCAT5 and visual analog scale), rating of perceived exertion (via. Borg’s RPE) and recovery and stress (via. short recovery and stress scale).